Look at it this way, by that point each person is their own law, I personally will become cold and merciless, willing to shoot anyone, infected or not, if they pose any sort of threat to me, or hinder me or my survival chances.

Judge this. I'm taking two, tops three people with me, Machete, .22 riffle, other various weapons, the one person I'm sure to take also has similar access. I can live off land, wilderness training and such. we are heading away from civilization, I think the best place to make a semi-permanent residence is 20 miles from a small to medium sized town, somewhere above the town. I won't hesitate to kill any of my people if they get infected, and I expected the same of them. We will avoid all other people infected or not.

Yeah, I thought about that, but I'm trying to find a good point where it is far away, but if absolutely necessary the town is still accessible and considering if it is absolutely necessary then chances are you need to be there and back in a day. A 40 mile round trip is doable but by no means easy.

I'd use vehicles but park them far outside of camp like miles out outside camp. Very good for escaping quickly and when not in use, remove the spark plugs or something in the engine to keep it from starting.

Yeah, I intend to use my jeep, the issue is I can easily see gasoline becoming inaccessible in less than a month. Most people won't be thinking conservation and will just keep depleting and and taking from the caches.

I know in a zombie situation it would be a bad idea to have to go melee in the first place, but if you did have to what would be the best suited? I have a variety of very cheap, and therefor unfortunately very useless, blades but among those I have a 24 inch Cold Steel Latin machete which is quite sturdy and easy to swing. For longer range purposes I have a pretty sturdy 4 1/2 foot blade that has quite the weight to it (but no edge) which probably wouldn't be useful at all during indoor encounters. Would it be better to go with something like that or a blunt weapon? As for the sharpness of the machete if its worth it, should it be razor sharp or only enough to keep an edge?

Ahh I see, I have a few combat knives ready if I have to get that close range. I never really understood why blunt weapons would be better than edged, but when maintenance is considered that makes sense. I've always been more of a sword/machete person but I see a lot of arguments against it without any proof.

That's what I've heard, the cost is understandable but if we know were to look in a zombie apocalypse its as free as the time you have. As for skill, I don't quite agree, but then again I've never met someone skilled at swinging a sword in the first place. It seems like most skill in sword play is learning to fight other people who have swords rather than cutting things. Again though, I've never met someone who's really good with a sword to judge the difference.

Scenario: You send a friend whom you trust to raid a distribution centre, only enough to last the day while you figure out things, 2 hours later, he radio's in saying he needs help, when you get there, you find him on something high up, surrounded by hundreds of zombies (presumably the distribution workers), and now you have two choices:

A) While the zombies are distracted by your friend, quickly and quietly gather the supplies and get out of there, or

B) Attempt to save your friend by taking out the possibly hundreds of zombies, risking everyone's lives (Of course, it depends on what weapons you brought)

This scenario also depends full on what kind of undead we are talking about, Walked dead style retarded push over zombies. I would go make a loud noise about 2 kilometers away and circle back. In the case of a 48 days / left for dead outbreak, EVERYONES BONED **** EVERYTHING SHOOT YOUR FRIEND IN THE FACE AND RUN.

Personally if he did not tell me why he needed the help on the radio "hence makeing me go to the center and discovering it ****** " I would not have had time to think of a solution and thus would leave him to his fate.

Not hundreds working there as they will be abandoned but hey god's saying " **** my life" I can deal with it.
I'll assume this is all without gas cars.

1. Get the supplies first off no point in ruining the trip
2. Then distract the undead to get a majority after us while he slips away.
3. Lead the undead for a good chase then when we lose them return to base.
4. await possible horde for a week or two and lay low.

Well....
I prefer the .22 what it lacks.... Everywhere else it makes up in its logistical value (You will always find tons of these rounds everywhere in the country and city) is quieter than many other rounds, lighter round and gun, and its cheap. plus you can split ammo between the pistol and rifle adding to versatility.

Or the 12 gauge. A bigger more well suited to the combat role is great for clearing out indoor threats. Also good logistical value but its shot can be heard for miles.

Rabies is a perfect zombie pathogen due to the nature of its symptoms however its long incubation period, and slow infection rate have left it a minor threat. Rabies however fluctuates in its symptoms of aggressiveness. Dogs infected with rabies that are social and outgoing, grow aggressive and hostile. While shy dogs grow more and more passive.

Currently we are sticking with the idea that they eat animals as well as humans. What would happen though? They would equally attack animals and humans so they wouldn't wait for humans to die out first.
What would happen is that evolution would favor winged, small fast, and smart animals over larger ones .

Each other? Its an interesting idea but currently, No. And if they eat each other there is nothing to worry about.

Sociology states that while the authoritarian who forces them and gives them orders is effective, makes the people dependent on that leader, when that leader disappears the others are lost. And create hostilities among each other.
A democratic leader ship creates a system of people who while work better together with a leader suggesting a direction and they work on their own toward it.

Personally democratic on the basis of specialties and expertise works great in the long and short run as it puts people who are best at their job in a position where that expertise works to its full potential.

Every time I do this someone wants to know if you can have sex with a zombie.
-sigh-

Yes it is possible for you to put your ding dang in that overripe Who Ha.
But it isn't logistical (condoms) or safe no matter how sure you are. Because frankly condoms decay fast and no new ones are being made.